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Artinya, jika ada suatu peristiwa penting yang patut diketahui oleh
banyak orang, maka peristiwa ini pantas dijadikan berita. Nah, teks
berita itulah yang dinamakan dengan news item. Namun, jika ada
peristiwa yang tidak pantas diketahui oleh orang banyak, maka
peristiwa tersebut jelas tidak layak dijadikan berita.
Generic Structure of News Item
Ada tiga susunan umum dalam menulis news item,
berikut adalah generic structure dari News item :
-Main Events : Kejadian utama yang pantas dijadikan
berita.
-Elaboration : Penjelasan mengenai latar belakang adanya
peristiwa tersebut; orang-orang yang terlibat dalam
peristiwa tersebut; tempat peristiwa terjadi; dan lain
lain..
-Resource of Information [Source] : Sumber berita;
komentar para saksi; pendapat para ahli; dan lain-lain.
Ciri-Ciri News Item
Banyak sekali ciri umum news item text; ciri
paling menonjol adalah bahasanya singkat padat dan
tidak bertele-tele. Beberapa lagi diantaranya :
• Sering menggunakan action verbs
• Dominan menggunakan saying verbs
• Banyak menggunakan adverb of time, adverb of
place, adverb of manner.
Example
UN: Indonesia records 117th human case of bird flu
Geneva (AP): Indonesia has recorded another human case of the H5N1
strain of the bird flu, raising its world-leading total to 117 cases, according to
the World Health Organization.
The agency said Friday night that the Indonesian Health Ministry had
reported that a 16-year-old girl from West Java Province has been hospitalized
since Jan. 4 with symptoms of the disease. It said the strain had been
confirmed as H5N1.
Of the total number of human cases in Indonesia, 94 have been fatal. WHO
says that globally 349 people have been infected with H5N1 since the 2003
outbreak of the disease. Of those, 216 have died.
After Indonesia the country with the next highest number of cases in
Vietnam with 101, followed by Egypt with 43, according to the U.N. health
agency
1.Which of the following statement is true according to the text?
a.Egypt ranked second as the highest number of bird flu cases
b.Indonesia’s 117th human case of bird flu was found in West Java
c. The article is taken from the UN report
d. Since 2003, it has been reported that all 117 Indonesians died of bird flu
e. According to WHO, there have been 349 people in Indonesia infected by
H5N1
2. In the WHO release, the country ranked second in number of bird flu case
found is ….
a.Indonesia
b. Vietnam
c. Egypt
d. USA
e. Singapore
3. The word “fatal” in the third paragraph has the closest meaning to ….
a.Harmless
b. Poisonous
c. Tedious
d. Deadly
e. Extreme
4. How many the bird flu cases in Egypt..?
A. 40
B. 41
C. 42
D. 43
5. The other name of H5N1 is...
A. Influenza
B. DBD
C. Bird flu
D. Leukimia
“Will” and “Be Going To”
• Either will and be going to is used to express a
prediction.
• Will is used to express willingness
• Be Going To is used to talk about something
which is speaker intends to do inthe future
because she/he has made a plan to do it.
Example
• Andy : Do you want to wacth movie with me
this night?
• Salsa : Yes I want, but I’m going to have a
dinner with my aunt. Sorry.
• Andy : Okay. Forget it.
• Salsa : But you can wacth with me tommorow.
• Andy : Okay.
1. Who is Andy
A. Salsa’s brother
B. Salsa’s father
C. Salsa’s friend
D. Salsa’s son
2. What is andy asks salsa to do?
A. To accompany him to buy new shoes
B. To buy him an ice cream
C. To marry him
D. To accompany him to watch movie
3. Why Salsa wouldn’t accompany Andy?
A. Because she is going to have a dinner with her aunt
B. Because she is lazy
C. Because she is hungry
D. Because she should go to hospital
4. What Salsa suggest to Andy?
A. To watch with her tommorow
B. To watch with her next week
C. To watch with her next month
D. To watch with her aunt
5. Doe Andy accept it?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Doubt
D. Don’t know.
NAME OF GROUPS :
1. Aldiansyah Subagio
2. Cinthia Andini Damayanti
3. Edric Valentino
4. Erika Dwi Putri
5. Firnanda Ariska
6. Ivonne Febri
7. Novaldy Fajarae
8. Nurhafila Linanda
9. Yeni Salsabila Qatrunada